So, Where does Misuse of Statistics fit into all of this?-(As before, it was seen as a technique).
Definition-
For propaganda to be considered using "Misuse of Statistics," it must be presenting a statistical falsehood. Using false statistics may confuse the community and disrupt the quest for knowledge. Ex."More [[#|people die]] of [[#|[[#|work]] accidents]] then in the [[#|military]] in a time of war"is misused as propaganda.
They are using the deaths, form all [[#|work accidents]], rather than just the same ratio (1 average worker, to 1 [[#|marine]].)
Examples:
[[#|People have]] a tenancy to believe numbers. SO, companies use this to their [[#|advantage]] whenever they can.They may manipulate their stats, or not give the full story behind them to make their products look more appealing to the eye. Just like in the second video shown before, changing the way numbers are seen on a graph may alter the viewers entire perspective on something.
In the advertisement to the right, the claim is that 4 out of 5 pediatricians (or 80%) recommend [[#|Gerber]] baby [[#|food]] products. However, the FTC report found that although the manufacturer had done [[#|a survey]] of nearly 600 pediatricians, only 16 percent of pediatricians who recommended baby food to their patients recommended Gerber's baby food. That was only 12 percent of all the pediatricians surveyed, not the 80 percent [[#|claimed]] by the ad.
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Here to the left, these graphs are exactly the same as the one next to them. But they way the intervals have been converted on the y-axis, it makes one graph look more appealing than the other. People are able to manipulate the way we see things to the way they want, and can easily trick you if you aren't alert.
Caitlynn Hewlett
Hyrum Preece
Well, What is Propoganda exactly?-
So, Where does Misuse of Statistics fit into all of this?- (As before, it was seen as a technique).
Definition-
For propaganda to be considered using "Misuse of Statistics," it must be presenting a statistical falsehood. Using false statistics may confuse the community and disrupt the quest for knowledge.Ex."More [[#|people die]] of [[#|[[#|work]] accidents]] then in the [[#|military]] in a time of war"is misused as propaganda.
They are using the deaths, form all [[#|work accidents]], rather than just the same ratio (1 average worker, to 1 [[#|marine]].)
Examples:
[[#|People have]] a tenancy to believe numbers. SO, companies use this to their [[#|advantage]] whenever they can.They may manipulate their stats, or not give the full story behind them to make their products look more appealing to the eye. Just like in the second video shown before, changing the way numbers are seen
on a graph may alter the viewers entire perspective on something.
In the advertisement to the right, the claim is that 4 out of 5 pediatricians (or 80%) recommend [[#|Gerber]] baby [[#|food]] products. However, the FTC report found that although the manufacturer had done [[#|a survey]] of nearly 600 pediatricians, only 16 percent of pediatricians who recommended baby food to their patients recommended Gerber's baby food. That was only 12 percent of all the pediatricians surveyed, not the 80 percent [[#|claimed]] by the ad.
Here to the left, these graphs are exactly the same as the one next to them. But they way the intervals have been converted on the y-axis, it makes one graph look more appealing than the other. People are able to manipulate the way we see things to the way they want, and can easily trick you if you aren't alert.
[[#|Works Cited]]:
http://www7.flamingtext.com/net-fu/jobs/142306191.html?use=personal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsLoCPg6Dg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgBOcjxgzKg
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2006/03/16/bad-statistics-usa-today/
http://rhsrebellion.com/on-the-misuse-of-statistics/
http://voicesnewspaper.blogspot.com/2013/12/outrageous-journal-communications.html
http://ravenreading.weebly.com/propaganda-in-numbers.html
http://cnx.org/content/m39404/latest/